Pentatonix (PTX) is the most successful modern a cappella band. 95% of their songs are pure a cappella while the few others have some instrumentation. However, it’s always about the vocals. The three in the back (Mitch, Scott, and Kirstin) grew up together and sang as The Trio in high school. At age of 19, they recruited Avi as the bass and Kevin as the beatboxer to form PTX in order to compete in the third season of the Sing Off. They won and have been going strong for twelve years. They won three Grammys out of four nominations. They have several gold, platinum, and double platinum records. They have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and are constantly touring. They have many Christmas albums and do Holiday tours most years. The only member change occurred in 2017 when Avi left the band for personal reasons. He now has a brilliant solo career. Matt, who you will see in their newer videos, joined the band in 2017. They have well over 200 songs in their catalog and can sing any genre, but mostly Pop and Christmas. Recommend their cover of Bohemian Rhapsody.

The top 3 have been friends since young kids from Arlington, Texas. They wanted to enter a tv show. They found the bass singer through a friend. The beat boxer was found on youtube.

This is the very best Acapella band you’ll hear. ❤❤❤❤

If you want your channel to grow, keep up the PTX reactions, pentaholics (ptx fans) love nothing more than seeing people watching ptx songs for the first time, so they will flock here. You'll get many constant requests, but the truth is ANYTHING you choose from the ptx catalogue is amazing. They dont just do covers, they do upgrades, as are their originals and their skill and talents will astound you.

I believe Michael Jackson would be proud & so happy with this rendition of his music......I love how Pentatonix always respect the original artist, yet have the ability, to inject a little Pentatonix, without taking away any of the intended message in the song!!! 💖💖💖 RIP Michaël Jackson, we all miss you 💖💖💖 Great Reaction!

90's Dance Medley will have you on fire - I remember watching The Jackson Five with little Michael - so good, such a pure voice. The bass, Avi, left the group about 6-7 years ago and was replaced by Matt Sallee - he is amazing as well. They will never disappoint you.

Welcome to PTX! There’s a lot more where that came from. More than 200 videos available for you to discover. Their “Hallelujah”, “Bohemian rhapsody”, “Imagine” and “Daft punk” are among their most popular earlier ones. “Mad world”, “The prayer” and “Sound of silence” came later and are just as good. I hope you’ll be dipping in to their catalogue and taking us along in days to come. Much love from South Africa!

These guys ... Incredible!! Acapella .. no instruments! Would love to see more!

They are the masters of mashups and medleys! Tgey are great performers but also great arrangers with such a knowledge of music and music theory!

Welcome to PTX! Pick literally any song, you wont be disappointed

Their evolution videos have unbelievable transitions, they just roll them through. Severe vocal talent. To see this live do their Popspring 2016 performance, they do 3 originals and this all live.

The seamless transition between songs if amazing. ❤❤❤❤❤

Check out there version of Daft Punk by pentatonic and bohemian rhapsody. Friggin awesome. Expect all the ptx (pentatonics) folks to show up. Great choice

Welcome to the wonderful world of Pentatonix 🔥🤘

Please keep reacting to them. They are so amazing. You will love everything they do.

Welcome to Pentatonix! They are always full of surprises. If you like this "evolution" video, they do many more. This early video features their original bass, Avi Kaplan. Anything after 2017 will have Matt Sallee. Would love to watch you explore their enormous catalogue. For a complete change of pace, I recommend their Daft Punk medley. Really enjoyed your reaction.

Don’t feel like reading through all the comments to see how into detail they went into. The three in the back did grow up together in Texas. The beatboxer (who’s an absolute treasure and so multi-talented it’s insane) is someone they found when they were in a bind to enter a competition. They came across him on youtube, and he’d been going viral. He was pre-med at Yale at the time, passed his test to get into med school, and joined the group for the competition. Then they won, and he’s been doing this ever since. He played at Carnegie Hall twice as before while he was still in high school. I’m honestly not sure how they grabbed Avi, but he did leave the band, and was replaced by Matt.

Kevin a beatboxing genius. Avi also helps too. They are the best. ❤❤❤❤❤

Just subscribed more pentatonix please. Evolution of Beyonce and Evolution of Ariana Grande and Evolution of Rhianna. All good😊

All of their Evolution of ... are great. I'm partial to the Rhianna one

They got together as a group to try and win "The Sing Off", season three. A great place to watch them start their career and how they get their songs together. You also learn about where they came from....

Pentatonix They won The Sing Off in 2011. They made a guest starring appearance on America′s Got Talent as non−competitors a couple of years after that. The founding members are:- Scott Hoying (tall blond guy, natural baritone but has an impressive five−to−six octave range, can go all the way up to high tenor and down to bass, sings the bass lines when the usual bass singer takes the lead); Kirstin "Kirstie" (Rhymes with "Thirsty") Maldonado (the only female member, natural mezzo soprano, but can go down to low alto and as high as upper soprano, also can sing in whistle notes that are off the scale); For a time in 2018 between the group’s tours, had the female lead on Broadway in the production of “Kinky Boots”. Mitch Grassi (a true contra−tenor, can hit high notes in his chest voice with ease and go WAY higher in his falsetto, also with ease); Avriel "Avi" Kaplan (dark beard and long hair), true basso profundo, trained as an opera singer, also can go up into the tenor range; and Kevin "KO" Olusola (beatboxer extraordinaire, also is a world−class cellist who plays cello on some of their songs, has a beautiful high tenor voice and gets occasional lead vocal solos as well, graduated pre−med from Yale and speaks several languages including Mandarin Chinese). Kirstie, Scott & Mitch grew up together in Arlington, Texas, and began performing together as children in local youth musical theater. They ended up in high school together and performed in the choir. While there, they formed an a cappella group called The Trio which had several performance videos go viral on KZfaq, most notably a cover of Lady Gaga′s "Telephone". The three of them are best friends and consider themselves to be almost siblings. Scott & Kirstie (who were a class year ahead of Mitch) both graduated high school in 2010 and went their separate ways to different colleges, Scott at USC and Kirstie at Oklahoma. While at USC, Scott joined a USC−based a cappella group called the SoCal VoCals, where he met alumnus Ben Bram, who was now an arranger and vocal coach for the NBC TV show The Sing Off, an a cappella competition show. Ben convinced Scott to get The Trio to audition for the show. The three reunited (Mitch had to skip high school graduation ceremonies to go) in Los Angeles for the audition. They found out that the rules had changed, so they needed at least five members to audition. Ben put them together with Avi (a native of Visalia, California), who he knew from Avi′s performing days at Mount San Antonio College in California. They found Kevin (from Kentucky) through one of his KZfaq videos that had gone viral featuring him playing the cello and beatboxing at the same time, a talent that Kevin coined as "Cello−Boxing". Kevin arrived in Los Angeles literally the day before the audition! Scott came up with the name "Pentatonix" after the pentatonic scale. They performed a re−arrangement of "The Telephone" for the audition and passed, despite having been together as a five−piece group for less that 24 hours! They won The Sing Off that season (all of the performances are available on KZfaq), in which they received a substantial cash prize AND a record contract with Epic Records. They pooled their prize winnings together and all moved to Los Angeles, and all got apartments right next door to each other in the same building. But just a week later, Epic dropped them because the marketing people didn′t think an a cappella group could sell records. Instead of giving up, they were determined and began recording their own songs on KZfaq, hiring Ben Bram as their producer and arranger. These usually consisted of the five of them sitting on a couch and performing cover songs live. Several of the videos went viral, and Sony (the parent company of Epic) decided to give them another chance by placing them on one of their smaller labels, Madison Gate. They released two secular EPs and one Christmas EP on Madison Gate, all of which were strong sellers. But when their cover of a medley of songs by Daft Punk not only went super−viral, but also won them their first Grammy, they were promoted all the way up to RCA Records, Sony′s top label. They began writing and producing their own songs in addition to their covers, began putting out a Christmas album just about annually (which has become their best−selling genre), and have had multi−platinum album sales, sold−out world tours, and have won two additional Grammys. Avi began getting burned out with all of the touring and heavy recording schedule, was suffering from anxiety and personal problems, and learned that his mother had been diagnosed with cancer in 2017. He announced he was departing from the group and taking some time away from the music industry. Matt Sallee (from Baltimore) joined them in September 2017. He did only become official when they renewed their RCA contract in February 2018, but he recorded with them in September as a featured artist and went on their Christmas tour as a featured artist, as well. When he attended the audition for the group, he had already mastered the Bass part for most if not all their past catalogue. He was successful and has proved that he fits in well with the group. If you think there have been other changes to the line up - look again. This is the ONLY change. Kirstie and Mitch are like chameleons and change looks frequently. It is an often debated subject among the Pentaholics as to just how soon we introduce the "Beginners Guide" as we don't want to overdo the introduction. This is a compilation of snips of a whole load of songs which PTX have released. It highlights each member with some of their solos and then a brief history in video. It is quite long - 14+ minutes and is a little dated now (Feb 2020) but is a good watch kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oqqofMmoy6nRgXk.html&pp=ygUdYmVnaW5uZXJzIGd1aWRlIHRvIHBlbnRhdG9uaXg%3D. After a year away from music, Avi has now returned as a phenomenal solo artist in the Folk/Americana/Roots genre. Ben Bram has been in charge of their production, including arranging and directing from the beginning. He is often referred to as the sixth member. Scott and Kevin are major players in the arrangements, but every member contributes. A good watch is "The Recording of Evergreen" where a camera was invited into the studio for the second week of recording/ Also, all members are songwriters for both Pentatonix and their own solo work. Ed Boyer who mixes everything of theirs (even the HWB Livestream) is the one who pulled Ben Bram into the sing off in the first place. They have Grammy wins for Daft Punk Medley, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Jolene featuring Dolly Parton. They were nominated for a 4th Grammy for their album Evergreen, but didn't win. Kirstie became a new mum which caused a pause in touring after their Evergreen Christmas tour 2021. Mid March 2023 Kirstie has announced that she is engaged to Ben Hausdorff, their videographer. No dates YET! They have a star on the Hollywood walk of fame installed in February 2023. They are the only a capella group with a star! They came 3rd in the 2023 Masked Singer performing as "California Rolls" being unmasked in May 23. Things you need to know because if you get these wrong Pentaholics will come after you with pitch forks and torches! Ha Ha!! 1- There is NO Auto-Tune; what you hear is actually what they sing. They really are that good. One exception is the 90's Dance Medley where Cher used autotune as an effect - so they had to. 2- What produces everything that you hear in the video, you see in the official video. If there is an instrument used in the music, you see it on screen. In the 2022 Christmas album, there are some instruments not featured throughout the album. 3- They never release something on video they can’t reproduce with the exact same quality live on-stage.

Great reaction! I love it when newbies find Pentatonix for the first time. If you do interesting Pentatonix reactions, the Pentaholics will come, I assure you. I have been a fan since Pentatonix first formed in 2011 when they won the third season of the Sing Off. I only got to see them live for the first time though this year in London in May. I'm 54 and I sing in several choirs and do some solo stuff. I've been going to see live music for nearly 40 years and their concert was easily the best I've ever been too. They were phenomenal! I loved that there were people of all ages there from small children to people in their 80s. They are so good and they cover such a wide range of different music styles that there really is something for everyone. A bit (!) of background. Kirstin (Kirstie - rhymes with thirsty!), Mitch (dark haired counter tenor) and Scott (tall, blonde baritone) have known each other since they were children - Kirstie and Mitch and Mitch and Scott since they were 8 and performing in community theatre together and Kirstie and Scott since high school. They sang in high school as a trio together where they grew up in Arlington Texas and have been best friends ever since. They are incredibly close which personally I think is a major ingredient of the Pentatonix magic! They needed at least five members to enter the Sing-off competition in 2011. They found Avi, their bass singer through a friend of a friend and Kevin, their beatboxer (who also plays cello and sings - he is a tenor) on KZfaq where a video of him 'cello-boxing' - i.e. playing the cello and beatboxing had gone viral. Scott, Mitch and Kirstie were all 19 at the time, Kevin and Avi were 23. They won the competition and the prize was a Sony record contract, however Sony dropped them after two weeks because they didn't think a cappella music would be marketable! PTX decided to go it alone. They started a KZfaq channel and began to make their own music. Everything on their channel was hugely successful and they quickly won their first Grammy for their Daft Punk medley. Sony soon realised their error and signed them to their prestigious RCA label. 12 years and many best selling albums, two more Grammy's, 3 billion KZfaq subscribers and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame later and they have never looked back. They are best known for their covers (the video for their cover of Hallelujah has over 700 million KZfaq views and counting!) and Christmas music but their original music is incredible and criminally under-rated! Their music influences span many different genres including: pop, rock, EDM, hip hop, rap, dance, world music, musical theatre and even a bit of country (they won their third Grammy for a collab with Dolly Parton on a cover of Jolene). Their catalogue is huge! They have only had one member change, their bass, Avi Kaplan (with the beard here) left amicably in 2017 for personal reasons (his mum was unwell and he couldn't keep up with their hectic schedule). He has an incredible solo career now so it isn't a loss! He was replaced by Matt Sallee, who is now the youngest in the group at 29 (Kirstie and Mitch are 31, Scott is 32, Kevin is 34). Matt is different to Avi but just as good. He's now been in the group for as long as Avi was. They don't have a lead singer as such as they alternate the lead according to who is most appropriate for each song. Scott probably has more leads than the others though, closely followed by Mitch, Kirstie, Matt and Kevin in that order. Kevin gets to sing solo bits less frequently (about 10% of the time) as he is needed for the beatboxing! They are all multi-talented (Kevin most of all as he beatboxes, sings, plays the cello, trumpet and piano, was pre-med at Yale and speaks several languages including Mandarin!). They can all rap, especially Mitch and Scott and they have all been involved in writing some of their original songs. They are mostly a cappella except when Kevin plays the cello, or when they collab with the violinist Lindsey Stirling. They NEVER do anything in the studio that they can't replicate live so, for example, Mitch does the guitar solo from Bohemian Rhapsody with his mouth on stage (the megaphone was just a prop for the video!) They all have five to six-octave ranges and Scott takes over the bass line when Avi, and now Matt, have solos, but can also sing really high. As a counter tenor, Mitch, and actually Kevin too, can sing as high, or sometimes even higher than Kirstie, who is a Mezzo soprano. Even Matt can sing very high. I love them all for different reasons but Mitch is my favourite. His voice is once in a generation and it moves me so much. Lots of people say Dimash is the best singer in the world and technically he is phenomenal but his voice doesn't move me like Mitch's does. I'll be looking out for your first 'Mitch slap' - it's what we call it when people are gobsmacked by the beauty of his piercing, angelic voice! You'll probably get it in Hallelujah and definitely in The Prayer. As a Pentatonix newbie, I always recommend Hallelujah, Daft Punk and Bohemian Rhapsody so you've started well! After that, it's really a matter of what your particular musical interests are. I've yet to hear any of their songs that I don't like. We say they don't do covers, they do 'upgrades'. My favourites of their originals are Love again, Sing, Run to you, Can't sleep love, their new one I Rise, Cracked and Water. For Kirstie leads - Say something, Rather be, Water (original), 'Be my eyes' (original) and 'Shallow' are the ones that come to mind. I've subscribed for more PTX reactions. Enjoy the rabbit hole!

This was fun. So glad you gave PTX a chance. Hope to see more

Just came across your reactions. Welcome to the PTX rabbit hole! One thing to mention when reacting to this group (and other acapella groups) is using good headphones. It's hard to truly appreciate the diversity of vocals, especially the bass, with just laptop speakers. Looking forward to more vids

I need a lot more Pentatonix

Check out all of their evolution videos!!!!

There are some fun BTS videos of Pentatonix. They do a series of tour BTS videos each tour, plus tiktoks and reels at random times. The most fun videos, I'd say, though, are from the Superfruit channel which was just Scott and Mitch (top left and top middle). They did the channel as a side project while they were roommates, and it had parody, humor, games, and insanely good musical moments, then they went full-on musical amazingness and did a Superfruit EP of original songs with full videos that is epic, called "Future Friends." Subbed for more Pentatonix content!

So glad you discovered Pentatonix ! I’ve subscribed in hopes of more. That was a great reaction!

Also Evolution of Rihanna is awesome.😊

Welcome to the Pentatonix rabbit hole 🕳! I just subbed in hopes of more Pentatonix reactions! 💖

Great reaction - so glad you liked it! These guys got me through the pandemic lockdown! They are so amazing musically and so sweet and fun as personalities. If you want to see them doing a funny game (and show off how many songs they've covered), check out "Pentatonix Tries To Sing 100 Pop Songs In 10 Minutes." For a tour de force with their original bass, Avi (whom you saw here), check out their cover of Kiiara's Gold (recommend you watch at least a little of the original so you get an idea of what an amazing job they do), and for similar awesomeness with their new bass, Matt, try the mashup New Rules x Are You That Somebody. (Heh, "new" bass ... he's been with them 6 years now.)

I think you might like their evolution of Rhianna. New subscriber.

Evolution of Beyoncé is great too!

Pen tah tawn nix is how you pronounce them. PTX if you would prefer. They are master of evolutions and Mash ups like butter X dynamite or New Rules X Are You That Someone

Subbed for more PTX reactions.

Great reaction. New subscriber here.

Loved your reaction!!❤ NEW SUBSCRIBER!!🎉🎉

Glad you found PTX. Subbed in hope you go down the rabit hole.

Hi.I loved your reaction. If indeed your favorite song is Earth Song from MJ ,please react to Bogdan Ioan -Earth Song ,the Voice of Romania I would love to hear what you think about his performance. ❤

Bruh! I know why you cut out the best song, at the end. 😜 They're sick, I know.